Texas Outpatient Public Use Data File (PUDF)

Texas Health Care Information CollectionCenter for Health Statistics

In accordance with Health and Safety Code, Section 108.012(b),"the council (department) may charge a person requesting public use or provider quality data a fee for the data. The fees may reflect the quantity of information provided and the expense incurred by the council in collecting and providing the data and shall be set at a level that will raise revenue sufficient for the operation of the council (department's program). The council (department) may not charge a fee for providing public use data to another Texas state agency. Chapter 108 may be viewed by clicking here.

The Texas Outpatient Public Use Data File (PUDF) contains data on outpatient surgical and radiological procedures from Texas hospitals and ambulatory surgery centers. The PUDF has been released through first quarter 2018. The second quarter 2018 is tentatively scheduled to be released March 2019.

Purchasing the PUDF requires a completed Order Form, which includes a Data Use Agreement.

Information on the data fields is included in the Data Dictionary, 2014 and information on the facilities reporting data is included in the Reporting Status, 2014 available below. The Data Dictionary for the fourth quarter 2015 is only for this quarter, the Data Dictionary,
4Q2015. The Data Dictionary for the first through third quarter 2015 data is in Data Dictionary, 2015.

The data files for data released include 123 data fields in a base data file, 141 data fields in a classifications data file, 13 data fields in a detailed charges file, and 27 data fields in a facility type code file.

The 2017 PUDF contains data on outpatient surgical and radiological procedures and includes:

Texas Health Data

Texas Health Datais an interactive
public data system that allows you to query THCIC PUDF and statistical reports
for Texas healthcare utilization and quality measures.

Free Data Download

The Public Use Data File (PUDF) for 2009 in fixed-length format and for 2010, 2011 and 2012, in fixed-length and tab-delimited formats, are available for free download.

Technical Update

An update has been released for the first quarter 2017
Inpatient /Outpatient data dictionary. The previous released version in the
1Q2017 CD/DVD discs (Last Updated: December, 2017) has been found that the
coding scheme for the data element PAT_STATUS was misaligned. The updated data
dictionary contains the correct code scheme for PAT_STATUS.

An update has been released for the third quarter 2016 Outpatient Status Reports. The facilities listed in the update were assigned an erroneous status. The update contains the correct reporting status for each facility.

An update is available for
the second quarter 2016 Outpatient Public Use Data File (PUDF) Facility Type
File and Outpatient Reporting Status, 2Q2016 file. The updates are included in
the zipped file. The changes are to the following files: 1) Facility Type Files
(both fixed and tab delimited files) – The certification status codes for nine
facilities were corrected and changed “1” (Certified, without comment) instead
of “6” (Hospital out of compliance, did not certify data); 2) Outpatient
Reporting Status file - The nine facilities should be indicated as “x”. Please
use these files to update and correct your copy of the PUDF files. For more
information, please contact THCIC Staff.

An update has been released for the third quarter 2010 outpatient charges file. The record identified in the update does not include a charge and should be deleted from your copy of the Quarter 3 2010 Outpatient Public Use Data File (PUDF).

An update has been released for the second quarter 2010 outpatient charges file. The records identified in the update do not include charges and should be deleted from your copy of the Quarter 2 2010 Outpatient Public Use Data File (PUDF).

An update has been released for the first quarter 2010 outpatient charges file. The records identified in the update are all duplicates and should be deleted from your copy of the Quarter 1 2010 Outpatient Public Use Data File (PUDF).

Data Purchasers

The list of organizationsincludes a variety of organizations that use the data for analysis. The listing includes recipients from 2003 through December 31, 2017. This list is updated annually. (May 2, 2018)

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